
A Multisensory Philosophy of Perception
Casey O'Callaghan(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 15. December 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-19-285963-1 (ISBN)
Description
Most of the time people perceive using multiple senses. Out walking, we see colors and motion, hear chatter and footsteps, smell petrichor after rain, feel a breeze or the brush of a shoulder. We use our senses together to navigate and learn about the world. In spite of this, scientists and philosophers alike have merely focused on one sense at a time. Nearly every theory of perception is unisensory. This book instead offers a revisionist multisensory philosophy of perception. Casey O'Callaghan considers how our senses work together, in contrast with how they work separately and independently, and how one sense can impact another, leading to surprising perceptual illusions. The joint use of multiple senses, he argues, enables novel forms of perception and experience, such as multisensory rhythms, motions, and flavors that enrich aesthetic experiences of music, dance, and gustatory pleasure.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
292 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-285963-1 (9780192859631)
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A Multisensory Philosophy of Perception
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Casey O'Callaghan is Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. His publications include Sounds: A Philosophical Theory (OUP, 2007) and Beyond Vision: Philosophical Essays (OUP, 2017). He is also the co-editor of Sounds and Perception: New Philosophical Essays (OUP 2009, with Matthew Nudds).
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Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-PsychologyWashington University in St. Louis
Content
1: Introduction
2: Processes
3: Capacities
4: Awareness
5: Experience
6: Senses
7: Conclusion
2: Processes
3: Capacities
4: Awareness
5: Experience
6: Senses
7: Conclusion